Lunar Tomatoes from Paul Anderson on 2002-03-23 (Glorantha Digest Vol 09)

From: Paul Anderson <pmanderson_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:55:01

>Ooh ooh! That was me I think - a silly tale about a tomato that was >found
>to
>contain some Lunar slogan when cut open. Nice to have someone >remember
>one
>of my few (my only?) contribution to Gloranthan lore.

>BTW Pentland appears in the name of several varieties of vegetable >(mostly
>potatoes - Pentland Squire, Pentland Javelin) because it's the >location of
>the plant breeding establishment where the varieties originated. >Perhaps
>that's what the Lunar colonists in Pent are doing?

>Richard Crawley

Thank you! That fits: Tomatoes are also bred in the Red lands, having been invented by Hon-Eel* in honor of the Red Moon (Tomatoes and corn/maize go so well together.) The first fully developed tomatoes on this plane sprang from the blood of Hon-Eel's first Corn Sacrifice.

While most people loyal to the Imperium slice their tomatoes vertically (for the Moon); loyal Sun-worshippers slice theirs horizontally, thus revealing the secret identity of the Moon and Sun.

*and she was a real tomato, as her visit to Tarsh demonstrates :->

Paul MacLean Anderson
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